Similar to no. 14 [Hieracium venosum L.], but more hairy; lvs long-setose over the surface beneath and often sparsely so above, not purple-veined; peduncles avg stouter, densely stellate-tomentose as well as copiously provided with spreading, blackish, gland-tipped hairs; heads avg larger, the invol to 12 mm, conspicuously hairy, with long, eglandular setae, shorter, blackish, gland-tipped hairs, and also some small, stellate hairs. Dry, open woods, often on shale-barrens; mts. of s. Pa. to Va. and W.Va. May–Aug. (H. greenii Porter & Britton, a preoccupied name)